Saudi business sector revenues rise 2.3% to SR5.63 trillion in 2025

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s business sector operating revenues increased by 2.3 percent to SR5.628 trillion in 2025, while employee compensation rose by 6 percent to SR624.1 billion, according to the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT). The authority’s Structural Business Statistics 2025 report showed that manufacturing accounted for the largest share of operating revenues at 30.5 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 18 percent and mining and quarrying at 16.6 percent. Construction activities contributed 9.2 percent of total operating revenues, followed by financial and insurance activities at 4.8 percent and information and communication activities at 4.5 percent. Among economic activities, electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply recorded the highest annual growth in operating revenues at 14.2 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 10.3 percent, real estate at 10.1 percent and construction at 9.8 percent. Meanwhile, total operating expenditures increased by 4 percent to SR2.462 trillion, with manufacturing accounting for the largest share at 40.1 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 23.3 percent. **media[2786801]** Employee compensation reached SR624.1 billion, recording annual growth of 6 percent, with wages and salaries accounting for SR528.9 billion, or 84.8 percent of the total, while benefits and allowances reached SR95.1 billion, representing 15.2 percent. The report also showed that construction accounted for the largest share of business sector employees at 22.6 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 22.2 percent and manufacturing at 18.7 percent. Together, construction and wholesale and retail trade represented 44.8 percent of total employment in the business sector.In terms of investment, gross fixed capital formation reached SR992 billion in 2025, increasing by 0.4 percent annually. Manufacturing accounted for the largest share of gross fixed capital formation at 22.8 percent, followed by wholesale and retail trade at 22.2 percent, mining and quarrying at 14.4 percent and construction at 12.1 percent. The Kingdom’s business sector operating surplus stood at SR2.542 trillion, recording a slight annual decline of 0.1 percent, with mining and quarrying accounting for the largest share at 30.1 percent, followed by manufacturing at 23.2 percent.